armidale

Looking south down Dangar Street over the Barney Street intersection towards the Armidale Teachers College , which was built 1929-1931. I think that the substantial 2 storey building on the left is “Smith House” which was for many years used as a residence for students of the College. The house on the right was presumably demolished as there is a motel on that site now. The photo was obviously taken from some height and the existent Catholic Church’s tower on the diagonally opposite corner to Smith House would seem to fit the bill. So earliest date is c.1930/31. It's a start. No cars in the picture so I can't do any better than this! Jenny (the old car enthusiast)

Hi Jenny, this information will certainly come in handy, thank you! It's better than a start, you have identified the streets.

Yes, this is taken from the spire of the Catholic Cathedral looking south down Danger St.. The 2 story building on the left is Smith House which was the residence for female students of The Armidale Teacher's College. The College building can be seen as a large and imposing on the skyline at the left of Danger St.. Again, yes that beautiful old house on the corner of Dangar and Barney Streets was demolished and a rather ugly motel built in its place in the 1960's. The building above the old house facing Dangar St., (cnr Dangar and Brown Streets) also with a striped bull-nose verandah was yet another large and beautiful old residence that was also demolished in the 1960's. And they called this "progress" at the time!

Too easy! April 1937. The State Library of NSW holds the original dry plate for this photograph. They also have another taken at the same time.

Armidale School "Tas" (April 1937) [SLNSW: d1_27570]
Armidale School "Tas" (April 1937) [SLNSW: d1_27569]

pellethepoet Wonderful, thank you!

Very reminiscent of Booloominbah.

I assume from the swimsuits that this is sometime in the late 1950s or early 1960s. Certainly a long time before I visited this pool in the early 1970s